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"It Takes a Village to Feed a Village" - the Urban Farm in Alton Park is Changing Lives

Reporting from West 38th Street: the second in a two-part series

Grass-to-Milk-to-Cheese with the Young Farmer with the Dragon Tattoo

It felt like a nursery rhyme.

A New Food as a Verb Community

Extra content. exclusive events. engaged, big-hearted community.

December 7, 2025

Foraging for the Human Spirit: Mushrooms in the Wild with Logan Lewis

Along the way, we found a part of ourselves.

"Keep your eyes open."

Words by
David Cook
Photos by
Sarah Unger
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Along the way, we found a part of ourselves.

November 30, 2025

Burn the Ships: Inside a Meigs County Treasure

Things lie dormant until the right conditions wake them up.

"We're booking for animals not even on the ground yet."
November 23, 2025

Three People Feeding Thousands: a Loaves, Fishes and Food Bank Story

Welcome to the Food Bank's logistics team.

Think your Thanksgiving is difficult to manage? Try serving 17 million meals across 20 counties.
November 16, 2025

Farmers and Chefs: Michelin Begins in the Ground

Do Chattanoogans care?

""We owe a lot to our people growing stuff and raising animals and milling grain for us."
November 9, 2025

To Be Understood and Seen: the Chattanooga-Sewanee-Michelin Story

There is a new line of demarcation.

Make room, Atlanta and Nashville.
November 3, 2025

Breaking News: Michelin Awards Six Area Restaurants

From Sewanee to Main Street, six restaurants now belong to the Michelin Guide.

Breaking news from South Carolina's unveiling ceremony.

This Week's Leftovers

December 3, 2025

Bryan Slayton is Finally Free: a True Thanksgiving Story

It took 36 years.

"I'm smiling so much, my lips are chapped."

Regional Farmers' Markets

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November 2, 2025

Respect the Full Circle: a Story of Roosters, Knives and Realization

"If you eat meat, you should be able to do this."

In a world of confusion around food, Ivy Academy offered a powerful, clarifying lesson.
October 26, 2025

Happy Birthday, Midway: a Halloween Story Retold

Gourmet mushrooms, a bad keg, ghost peppers and a dare.

Here's what good friends can grow.
October 19, 2025

The Forests Before Us: Witness Trees and the True Value of Land

A story of values from the Appalachian carbon marketplace.

"It's going to allow me ... to keep my land for the next generations to enjoy."
October 12, 2025

Meet the Fabulous and Forgiving Rebecca Barron (Again!)

Some 230 stories ago, we spent the evening with Chef Rebecca Barron.

"I’m learning to love and forgive myself."
October 5, 2025

Hunger Never Wears the Same Face: Stories in Seven Portraits

A young man. A widow. A retiree. A nonprofit leader.

Across this region, hunger appears in different ways.
September 28, 2025

Why We Love You: Scenes from a Party

"We set our controls for the heart of the sun."

One year, two years, three years. Without you ...
September 21, 2025

Let Them Eat Grass: the Life of Dave Waters

"Let us now praise famous men."

In Meigs County, there's a farmer — 9/11 vet, regenerative-ag pioneer, grandfather — we need to honor.
September 14, 2025

Feeding Our Brains Well: an Attempt at Abolition

Don't follow us. Join us.

Social media "is a cancer on our society."
September 7, 2025

Our First Brewery, Two Brothers and the Third Place

We owe you a standing ovation, Rob and Clay.

On this day, 32 years ago, a brewery opened that changed everything.
August 31, 2025

When Tyler Childers Sings 'Watch Out', We Should Listen

Brooks Lamb on foraging, imagination and mama bears.

" I can't help but think that Childers is asking us to hear, and do, something deeper."
August 24, 2025

What We Hold Also Holds Us: a Letter Between Dad and Daughter

"My heart is made for a different type of world."

Yesterday, we dropped you off at college for your freshman year.
August 17, 2025

What's Monospace? Fill Up the Eyes, Ears, Belly and Heart

"It's breathing. It's alive."

What happens when an event combines food from South Africa + music from ATL?
August 10, 2025

The Water Before Us: Everything Affects Everything

A beautiful postcard sent from rural Tennessee to the world: here's what possible when we work together.

"What the Laurel Dace is going through is exactly what we're going through."
August 8, 2025

A Tiny Fish, a Big Story: a Preview for Sunday

We've got a big story coming.

Here are a few things to know.
August 3, 2025

Les Mis, Niedlov's and the Better Leaven

The Broadway musical happens every day on Main Street.

"That's what they do. They teach us ... to see things in people."
July 27, 2025

Asado as a Verb: a Tense in Time, a Way of Life

"It was like Anthony Bourdain was going to pop out."

An Argentine restaurant comes to your backyard.
July 20, 2025

Cow-to-Cone? Meet the Clumpies You Never Knew

Poor plain vanilla.

We left stunned, mouths open, our ice-cream mustaches frozen in awe.
July 13, 2025

Not For Me, But For Them: a Story of Freedom

Aasean Whitener, raised-bed gardens and running.

"There was always something in me that said: let's do something better."
June 29, 2025

Ignore the Megaphone: How Quiet Lives Save the World

"No one will remember you," they mocked.

Things aren't falling apart as much as we think.
June 22, 2025

"It Takes a Village to Feed a Village" - the Urban Farm in Alton Park is Changing Lives

Reporting from West 38th Street: the second in a two-part series

4,000 pounds of food. One-third of an acre. Heroic young farmers. And tons of kids.
Stories that feed people.
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